Send this to a friend

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl CEO John Junker ranked among the nation’s top bowl game executives for his $592,000 salary, according to Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal.

The Phoenix Business Journal’s sister publication looked at the financial statements of bowl games for fiscal year 2008-09. The numbers show Junker earned $592,000 that fiscal year with compensation from the Fiesta and Insight bowls. That pay comes from three related nonprofit organizations: Arizona Sports Foundation, Valley of the Sun Foundation (related to the Insight Bowl) and Fiesta Events.

Junker has been with the Fiesta Bowl for years being named executive director in 1990 and CEO in 2000. He’s been instrumental in catapulting the bowl game into the upper echelon of college football.

Industries:

Comments

If you are commenting using a Facebook account, your profile information may be displayed with your comment depending on your privacy settings. By leaving the 'Post to Facebook' box selected, your comment will be published to your Facebook profile in addition to the space below.